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No. 547,364. Patented 00t. 1,1895.

ALBERT M. STANLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DWIGHT MISER, EUGENE M. WVHITAKER, AND THOMAS HAYS, OF

SAME PLACE.

PRESCRIPTION-FILE.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,364, dated October 1, 1895. Application filed December 6, 1894. Serial No. 530,990. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. STANLEY, of Springfield, in the county of Baca and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Prescription-Files, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in prescription-files; and it has for its obj ect to ro provide a tile upon which prescriptions may be placed in a continuous roll, the prescriptions when in position within the file being free from punctures or other mutilations, and the prescriptions may be kept for any length of time in the same condition they were in when rst delivered to the druggist.

Another. object of the invention is to construct the prescription-file in such a manner that any prescription filed may be brought to 2o View and as conveniently read as though the prescription were not upon the tile; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby any files that have been stored away may be as conveniently read as 2 5 those contained in the tile-casing.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

' and pointed out in the claims.

3o Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding partsl in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved le. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section takenpractically cn the line 2 2 of Fig. 9. Fig. 3 isa section of a portion of the casing and a portion of one of the reels upon which the tile of 4o prescriptions is to be placed. Fig. 3 is a sectional View, being a continuation of the view shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 4: is a section through the reel illustrated in Figs. 3 and 3a, and Fig. 5 is an end View of the said reel. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of the improved tile, illustrating the manner in which the paper upon which the prescriptions are to be placed is fed on the initial reel. Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 5o 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the lower portion of the casing, and illustrates an attachment to the file proper, adapted to carry the iile of prescriptions which has been removed from the hie-casing; and Fig. 9 is a transverse vertical section through 5 5 the tile-casio g, the top being closed.

The casing A of the tile is made, preferably, in two sections, a lower section 10 and an upper section 11, one being removable from the other. The two sections are preferably connected by dowels 12 at their ends and by hooks 13, pivoted upon the inner portion of the upper section and engaging with eyes in the corresponding portion of the lower section. The top of the ilecasing is closed by a cover made in two sections, .a normallylevel section 14 and an inclined section 15, the latter being hinged and adapted to fold at the front end of the casing, and the inclined section 15 of the cover` is provided 7o with va ledge 15, upon which the straight section 14 of the cover rests whenboth sections are closed, and the straight section 14 is preferably hinged to the portion 11 at one side `and is engaged by a suitable lock located in the upper section of the casing at the opposite side, as shown in Fig. l. Vhere the two sections of the casing contact, boxes 16 are located in both sides, one at each side of the center, and these boxes are made in two sections, each section being attached to a section of the casing. Two reels B and `B are journaled in these boxes, and each reel at one of its en ds is provided with a crank-arm 17, located outside of the casing, both crank-arms 8 5 being on the saine side, as shown in Fig. 1. The reel B, which is the front reel, consists of a center bar 18 and two heads 19, located one near each end of the bar, the inner .faces of the heads being inclined; but the reel B', 9o which is at the rear and is adapted to receive the ile of prescriptions, is somewhat ditfer ently constructed and consists of a head 20, which is secured to the center of the bodybar 2l in a permanent manner, as shown in 95 Fig. 3, the crank 1'7 being at this end of the reel. The opposite end ot' the body-bar 2l is reduced in diameter, as shown in Fig. 3, to receive the second head 23, which is loosely mounted thereon and is held in position by a roo pin 24, passed through a suitable opening in the reduced portion of the reel outside of the head, a suitable groove 25 being made in the outer end of this reduced portion to receive the pin, as shown in Fig. 5, and between the two heads a sleeve 26 is mounted upon -the body-bar 21, the said sleeve being provided with recesses 27 at one end, adapted t'o receive pins 22, located in the body-bar adjacent to the fixed head 20, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thus by removing this reel from the casing and the head 23 from the body portion of the reel the sleeve 26 may be likewise removed from the said body portion, carrying with it the le of prescriptions which has been wound around it.

Between the journals of the two reels a box-like structure or frame Gis setin the inner face of the lower section of the casing. This frame extends up above the upper edge of the lower section and is adapted to enter recesses 29 made in the inner face of the upper section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. This frame consists of two sides 30, connected at the top by a cross-bar 3l, which serves virtually as a table, and at each side of this cross-bar a carrier-roller 32 is journaled in the said frame. A strip or tape 33 of paper or fabric, having one ot' its faces covered by an adhesive material, is attached at one end to the initial reel B. This tape or strip is then passed with its gummed side uppermost over the carrier-rollers 32 and the table 3l, and is then secured to the sleeve 26 on the receivingreel B.

At the rear end of the upper section of the casin g a well 34 is removably located, the said well being adapted to hold water and abrush, whereby the gummed surface of the tape 33 may be moistened, and the front cross-bar 35, which serves as a partial support for this well, is adapted to have produced thereon the number ot' the prescription first place on the tape.

In the operation ot this device, after a prescription has been filled the cover of the device is opened, the gummed surface of the tape is moistened, and the prescription is placed on the moistened surface-'that is, over the table Sl-thus becoming virtually a portion of the tape. The tape is then rolled from the reel B upon the receiving-reel B until the prescription has just passed the rear frictionroller 32, leaving a blank space over the table 3l for another prescription to be placed in position, the table 3l serving as a support for the tape while the prescription is being secured thereto. After the receiving-reel B has been filled, it is necessary that the file thus completed shall be removed from the casing, and it is frequently necessary to consult the file that is removed. Therefore an attachment is provided, (shown in Fig. 8,) consisting of a board 36, having ears 37 formed thereon, and said ears have journaled upon them a reel D, which is not removable from the attachment, and these ears at their upper ends are provided with journals, in which a reel E, similar to the receiving-reel B', may be placed or removed. Both of the reels D and E are provided with cranks whereby they are manipulated.

The upper section of the casing is removable from the lower section, and the bodyboard 36 of the attachment is secured to one end of the casing by hooks or their equivalents. Supposing that the upper journals in the attachment are vacant, the filled receiving-reel B will be removed from the lower section of the casing and placed in the upper journals of the attachment, said reel being represented in Fig. 8 at E, and the free end of the tile of prescriptions is carried downward and attached to the body portion of the lower reel D of the attachment. Thus whenever this tile, which has been removed from the casing, is to be consulted, it can be rolled off from the receiving-reel onto the lower reel D. Another receiving-reel is then placed in the casing, the top is restored, and another tile is made up. After the second receivingreel has received its quota ot' prescriptions, the removable head of the receiving-reel E of the attachment is taken off and the sleeve of the file attached is taken from the reel and placed away for future reference. The receiving-reel B of the casing is now removed, its head taken off, and the sleeve carrying the iile ot' prescriptions is removed from this latter reel and placed upon the body portion of the receiving-reel E of the attachment. An-

i other sleeve is then placed upon the receiving-reel B of the casing and its head is placed again in position.

The manner in which the tape may be conveniently placed upon the initial reel B is shown in Figs. 6 and 7, in which it will be observed that arms 38 are pivoted to the sides ot' the back portion of the casing, adapted to normally fold down vertically upon the sides. These arms are carried upward to extend beyond the top of the casing, the cover-section 14 being open, and are made to rest against suitable stops 39, and a rod 40, which is normally stored at one side of the casing, as shown in Fig. l, is then passed through the upper portion of these arms and through the core of a roll of tape E. The free end of the tape is then carried downward over the forward carrier-roller 32 and attached to the body of the initial reel. Therefore by turning this reel the tape will be wound thereupon,'and when the reel is filled the tape is conducted to the receiving-reel B.

It will be understood that this file may be used for tiling bills, letters, and similar articles, and when so used the gum on the tape may be dispensed with and gummed strips may be employed to attach the bills or letters to the tape at top and bottom of the former. Thus when a letter is written upon both sides of the sheet, by removing the bottom strips both sides of said sheet may be read.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. In a file, the combination, With a casing and a reel located therein adapted to receive a filing tape, of standards connected with the casing, means for holding the standards in a predetermined position, a rod adapted to be passed through the said standards, and means, substantially as described, for supporting the rod upon the casing When not in use, as specified.

2. A storage attachment for files, the same consisting of a body board having projections from one of its faces, the said projections being provided With open journal boxes, and a reel located adjacent to the said open boxes, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a le of the character described, a receiving reel, the same consisting of a body bar having a head permanently attached at one end, the'opposite end being reduced in diameter, a head removably placed upon the reduced portion of the body bar, a pin serving to hold the removable head in position, a sleeve loosely mounted upon the body bar between its heads, having slots in one of its ends, and pins carried by the said body bar, entering the said slots in the sleeve, whereby the sleeve will turn with the reel, as and for the purpose set forth.

in the casing, a table having side portions to tit the recesses in the casing, rollers journaled 4 at opposite sides of the table, and a tape secured to the reels and passing over the rollers and table, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, of a casing, reels journaled therein and adapted to receive a tape, perforated standards pivoted to the casing and adapted to fold fiat against the sides of the same, pins on the casing to engage and hold the standards in an erected position above the top of the casing, a rod adapted to pass through the perforations in the standards to support a reel, and hooks on the casing to hold the standards in their folded position, substantially as set forth.

ALBERT M. STANLEY.

Vitnesses:

CLIFFORD S. CURRAN, ELIJAH HALL. 

